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UNTED STATES VIIIJIABI E. WINE, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO.

RAIL'WAY GAR.

Application filed June 23, 1923. Serial No. 647,374.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. VINE, a citizen .of the UnitedL States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ghio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the construction of railway cars employing hinged doors for closing the openings through which the cargo is discharged. The principal objects of the invention are to provide improved door arm and door stiffening constructions and to afford simple and effective means for enabling the car doors to be forced from a partly closed to a fully closed position by the use ofa removable door prying lever.

The principal feature of the invention, generally stated, consists in providing the hinged door of the car with Z-bar stiffeners extending toward the free edge of the door, and in securing to said stiffeners corresponding flanged door arms projecting outwardly from thel free edge of the door and adapted to cooperate with means movab-ly mounted upon the side of the car for maintaining the door in closed position.

A further feature of the invention consists in providing a hinged door with stiffening members and in forming the door arms of angle irons whose legs for a portion of their length are bent so as to lie in a common plane and thus form a plate like portion adapted to be secured to the respective stiffening members.

A still further feature of the invention consists in providing the door with stilfening members extending from the free edge of said door towardthe hinge thereof, and in disposing a Z-bar member along the free edge of the door at the outer ends of the said stiffeners. Other features of the invention relating to particular constructions and advantageous combinations of parts will hereinafter appear and be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating a preferred formA of the invention,-

Figure 1 is a horizontal section of a portion of a car embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the portion of the car shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, the open position of the door being indicated in dotted lines.

The car illustrated in the drawings for the purpose of explaining the invention is a flat bottom gondola type car of composite construction having a channel side sill 1, vertical side stakes 2 rigidly secured to said channel and extending upwardly therefrom, and diagonal truss members such as 3. The side of the car is formed of wood planking l secured to the side stakes 2 and the diagonal members 3 in any desired manner. The car mav have the customary center sill construction consisting of longitudinally extending channels 5 connected by a cover plate 6. Extending outwardly from the center sills toward the side sills 1 are diaphragms or cross bearers 7 between adjacent ones of which cargo discharge open` ings 9 are formed in the floor 8 of the car, the wooden planking of the floor being omitted at such openings. The structural features on one side only of the center line of the car are illustrated in the drawings, but it is to be understood that both sides are alike.

The cargo discharge opening 9 is normally closed by a door 10 hinged to the adjacent center sill 5 bymeans of suitable vbody and door hinges 11 and 12, respectively, the said hinges being movably connected by hinge pins or pintles 13 extending longitudinally of the car in close proximity to the center sill. l/Vhen the door is closed its free edge preferably stands just inside of the inturned upper flange of the side sill channel l. Stifening members 14 which preferably extend from the hinges outwardly to the free edge of the door are provided beneath'the door planking. These stiifening members 14 are fashioned as Z-bars The upper flange of each of the Z-bars lies against and is bolted to the under face of the door, while its web extends outwardly from the latter and its lower flange lies parallel with the plane of the door in spaced relation thereto.

The door hinges 12 may advantageously be positioned immediately beneath the upper or door-contacting flanges of the respective Z-bars 14;, said hinges being secured to the door by means of the bolts passing through the hinges 12, the upper flanges of the adjacent Z-bar, through the door planks and through metallic bolting strips lsuperposed upon the planking of the door just above the respective Z-bars.

Extending longitudinally of the door beneath the free edge thereof is another Z-bar member 16 secured to the outer ends of the -bars 14 by means of rivets 17 passing through the upper flange of the former and the respective lower flanges of the latter. The upper flange of the Z-bar 16 engages and lies directly beneath the bottom flanges of the Z-bars 14, its web extends downwardly from the outer ends of said members 1liand its bottom flange project-soutwardly from its web toward the outer face of the car side so as to be disposed slightly below the bottom edge or flange of the side sill channel 1.

For supporting the door in closed position, a pair of door supporting hooks 18 are preferably pivoted upon the outer face of the side sill channel 1. The hooks 18 may be associated with the customary pivot brackets 19 and rotatable locking cams 20, and each may be fashioned with a supporting ledge 21 for maintaining the door in a partly closed position and with a supporting ledge 22 serving vto support it in fully closed position. These features of construction being now well known will not be described in detail. Cooperating with the respective hooks 18 to support the door 10 are a plurality of door arms 23 attached to the door and extending outwardly beyond the free edge thereof, and passing beneath and beyond the side sill channel 1. The door arms, which are offset downwardly away from the plane of the door, provide convenient means for grasping the door to lift it to a preliminary position of closure.

When the arms 23 are seated upon the ledges 21 of the supporting` hooks the door is sustained in partly closed position, and when seated upon the ledges 22 it is maintained in fully closed position. v.To force the door from partly closed to fully closed position provision is preferably 'made for the employment of a removable door' prying lever. The fulcrum for such a lever (not. shown) is preferably constituted by 'a plate 2 secured to the side sill 1 between the hooks 18 and provided with an aperture-25 through which the trainman may insert a bar or lever. The lower flange of the Z-bar 16 bordering` the free edge of the door stands at a suitable elevation for effectively acting as a lever seat carried by t-he door, and the force that is applied by the prying bar or lever to cause the door to be completely closed is thus received by a stiff member well suited for transmittingthe door closing force to the door arms from its point of application.

The door arms 23 lnot'only cooperate with the hooks 18 to support the door against opening, but the said arms preferably are constructed and combined with the Z-bar stiffening members 14 and 16 in a manner effectively bracing the door. Each door; arm is preferably formed as an angle iron arranged so that the horizontal flange at its outer end may cooperate with the ledges 21 and 22 of the neighboring supporting hook` 18. Intermediate of their ends the angle irons 23 pass beneath and v-ei'igage 'the lower horizontal flange of the Z-bar 16, the said arms being secured to the member 16 by rivets 26 which pass through the horizontal legs of the door arm angle irons'and through the abutting bottom flange of the Z-bar member. Inwardly of the lower flange of the Z-bar 16 the angle irons 23 are bent or inclined upwardly toward the under face of the door, as indicated'at 27, and near their rear ends the two legs of each of the angle iron kmembers 23 are opened out or spread to provide a platelike portion 28. These plate portions 28 of the door arms are respectively disposed against the webs of the stiffening Z-bars 14 and are secured thereto by means of rivets 29. The door arms 23 are thus combined with the steel framework of the door in a manner enabling them to effectively resist all bending movements and stresses to which they are subjected. The reactions from the central portions of the door arms, it will be observed, are transferred to the Z- bar 16 and thus carried to the outer ends of the Z-bar stiffeners 14.-, while the reactions from the rear ends of the door arms are applied directly to the Z-bars 14, and

las the latter are secured to the door hinges 12 the supporting forces are carried directly back to the doorhinges through the stiffening members- 14. It will also be observed that the inclined or diagonal dispositionof the rear end-s of the door arms 23 effects a trussing of the door frame structureyand it will be noted also that the longitudinally disposed Z-barv16 attached to the door arms 23 and to the Z-bars 111, constitutes in effect a gusset serving to stiffen the door against longitudinal movement or twisting.

The structure provided by my invention is of light weight and of unusual stiffness because of the manner in which theseveral parts of the steel framework of the door are associated and connected with each other and with the door supporting members.

I claim 1. A railway car having a side, a floor having a door opening therein, ay hingeddoor for said opening, door supporting means movably mounted upon the car side, a Z-bar stiffening member secured to the under face of said door and terminating adjacent the free edge thereof, and a door arm secured to said stiffening member, said armfbeing formed with a plurality of flanges one of which is adapted to engage said door supporting means to maintain said door in closed position. Y y

2. A railway car having a side, a. floor having a. door opening therein, a hinged door for said opening, a Z-bar stiffening member secured to the under side of said door and extending at an angle to the hinge axis of said door, a door arm secured to said stilfening member, said arm having an angle iron cross section and extending outwardly beyond the free edge of said door and beyond the plane of the car side, and means movably mounted upon the car side adapted to cooperate with said arm to support said door in closed position.

3. A railway car having a side, a floor having a door opening therein, a hinged door for said opening, a Z-bar .stiffening member secured to the under side of said door and extending at an angle to the hinge axis of the latter, a door arm secured to said stiffening member and projecting outwardly beyond the end ofthe latter, said arm being formed of a flanged member one of the flanges whereof is bent so that a portion thereof is brought into the plane of an adjacent part of said arm to form an enlarged plate-like portion, and means movably mounted upon the car side adapted to engage said arm 'to support said door in closed position. f

al. A railway car having a side, a hinged door, a stiffening member secured to the under side of said door, a flanged door arm secured to said stiffening member and extending outwardly beyond the end of the latter and beyond the plane of the car side, said arm having one of the flanges thereof bent so as to form in conjunction with. an adjacent part of said arm a plate-like portion which overlaps and is secured to said stiffening member, and means movably mounted upon the car side for engaging said arm to support said door in closed position.

5. A railway car having a side, a hinged door, a. plurality of flanged stiffening members secured to the under side of said door and terminating at points remote from the hinge axis thereof, a plurality of flanged door arms respectively secured to said stiffening members and extending outwardly beyond the latter and beyond the side of the car, a. flange of each of said arms being bent so as to form in conjunction with a neighboring part of said arm a plate-like portion which overlaps and is secured to an adjacent one of said stilfening members, and a plurality of movable means adapted respectively to engage said door arms to support said door in closed position.

6. A railway car having a hinged door, a plurality of Z-bar stiffening members secured to the under side of said door, said stiffening members being disposed in spaced relation and terminating adjacent the free edge of said door, a Z-bar member carried by said door and extending along the free edge of the latter, and means for supporting said door in closed position.

7. A railway car having ahinged door, a plurality of Z-bar stiffening members secured to the under side of said door, said stiffening members being arranged in spaced relation and terminating adjacent the free edge of said door, a Z-bar member extending along the free edge of the door and passing beneath the outer ends of said stiifening members, the upper flange of said last named Z-bar beingseoured to the respective lower flanges of the said Z-bar stiifening members,

and means for supporting said door in closed position.

8. A railway car having a side, a hinged door, a plurality of Z-bar stiffening members secured to the under side of said door and terminating adjacent the free edge thereof, a Z-bar member extending along the free edge of said door and passing beneath said Z-ba-r stiifening members and having its upper flange engaging the respective lower flanges of said Z-bar stiifening members, a plurality of door arms respectively secured tosaid Z-bar stifiening members and passing beneath and supported by the lower flange of the said Z-bar member along the free edge of the door, and a plurality of means movably mounted upon the car side for respectively engaging said arms to support said door in closed position.

9. A railway car having a hinged door, a plurality of Z-bar stilfening members secured to the under side of said door and terminating adjacent the free edge thereof, a Z-bar member extending substantially parallel to the hinge axis of said door and having its upper fiange secured to the respective lower flanges of said Z-bar stiffening members, a plurality of door arms respectively secured to said Z-bar stilfening members and extending under the lower flange of the said Z-bar member which is parallel to the hinge axis of the door, said arms being secured to the lower flange of the Z-bar member last named and extending outwardly beyond the side of the car, and a plurality of means movably mounted upon the car side for respectively cooperating with said arms to support said door in closed position.

10. A railway car having a side, a hinged door, a Z-bar member carried by said door and extending along the free edge thereof, the lower end of said Z-bar extending below the lower edge of the adjacent portion of the car side when the said door is in closed position, a fulcrum member carried by the car side and projecting downwardly below the lower edge thereof, said fulcrum member being adapted to form a. fulcrum for aremovable prying bar for cooperating with the lower flange of said Z-bar member, and means for supporting said door in closed position.

l1. A railway car having a side, a hinged door, a Z-bar member carried by and extending under said door adjacent the free edge thereof, the lower flange of said Z- bar member extending toward the adjacent rside of the car and being disposed closely adjacent the plane of' the lower edge of the neighboring part of the car side and being adapted to form a seat for a. removable door prying lever, fulcrum means mounted upon the kear side adjacent the lo-wer edge of the latter, said fulerungi means constituting a fulcrum for a removable door prying' lever adapted to engage the lower iiange of said Z-bar member, and releasable means for maintaining said door in closed position.

l2. A railway car having a body formed with a cargo discharge opening, and a hinged drop door for closing said opening, said door being provided with a reinforcing framework involving a plurality of flanged members disposed in spaced relation and extending at an angle to t-he hinge axis of the door, and a. flanged stiflening beam extending along the free edge of' the door and connected to and extending beneath said flanged members.

13. A. railway car having a body formed with. acargo discharge opening, and a hinged drop door for closing said opening, said door being provided with a reinforcing framework involving a plurality of flanged members arranged in spaced relation and extending at an angle `to the hinge axis of' the door and terminating adjacent the free edge of said door, and a beam member extending along the free edge of the door and extending beneath said flanged members, each of saidflanged members being formed with a flange which is spaced from and parallel to the plane of the door and engages said beam.

la. A railway ear having a body formed with a. cargo discharge opening, and a hinged door for closing said ope-ning, said door having secured to the under side thereof a plurality of flangedstiiiening members arranged in spaced relation and extending at an angle to the hinge axis of the door, each of said stifiening members having a fiange disposed in spaced relation to the plane of said door and forming a. seat adapted to contact with a door stop to limit the extent of opening of said door.

1.5. A. railway car having a body formed with a cargo discharge opening, and ahinged door for closing said opening, said door having secured to the under side thereof a stiffening member extending at an `angle to the hinge axis of theV door, said stifening member having a flange which is-spaced from the plane of the door and is adapted to engage a. door stop to limit the extent. of' opening of said door. y

16. A railway car having a body formed with a cargo discharge opening, and a hinged door for closing said opening, said door having secured to the underside thereof a plurality of Z-bar stifiening members disposed in spacedrelation and extending at an angle to the hinge axis of said door, one of the flanges of each of said stiiiening members being adapted to engage a door stop to limit the extent of opening of said door.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM E. TINE 

